This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-known UK food business which employs over 40,000 people throughout the UK. The company are passionate about their workforce and are heavily focused on employee engagement, training and development. There is excellent room for quick progression and even the opportunity to travel with the company and work in foreign markets!

The job

The role of the NPD Team overall is to ensure that the UK business develops a pipeline of new products and ideas that have followed the NPD process and that have been fully validated by consumer research and operational testing. The aim is to build the pipeline between 18 months to 2 years ahead.

You would be responsible for working on an exciting calendar of products that you see in each of the restaurants and is clearly visible across all types of media. In a nutshell your role would work be focussed across product development, NPD process management and implementation of new products.

Your experience

To be considered for the Senior NPD Technologist job, you will be educated to a degree level in a food science or technology discipline plus have solid NPD experience (2 years +) working in food product development from concept to launch. To succeed, you will be hugely passionate about food, possess strong communication skills plus have a creative, flexible and innovative approach. You will also be highly ambitious and driven to build a global career with the business.

More details

The Senior NPD Technologist job is based in the South East / Home Counties region and is paying £35,000 - £42,000 according to individual skills and previous experience. The business offers excellent optional benefits including dental cover, company pension, childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership, medical insurance and many more!

How to apply

If this really sounds like you and you want to be considered for the Senior NPD Technologist job, please click the Apply button.

After applying for this job, I will call you for a confidential chat to discuss the full job details and your requirements within 24 hours on the assumption your credentials fit the requirements for the role.

b3 jobs is a professional, friendly and progressive food recruitment consultancy established in 2000 dedicated to the food manufacturing industry. We are a market leader for permanent jobs within food and drink manufacturing throughout the UK. All of our consultants have considerable experience in recruitment so you can be confident that they will have your best interests at heart when finding the perfect job for you.